Today marks the end of National Nurses Week 2022! National Nurses Week runs May 6-12 every year, concluding on Florence Nightingale's birthday.
Florence Nightingale is best remembered for founding St. Thomas's Hospital and the Nightingale Training School for Nurses in 1860. Here is some more info on Ms. Nightingale and her accomplishments.
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About: Joan Vaughn
I’m Joan, and I know home care from the inside out.
I’ve navigated my daughter through 24/7 home care nursing and managed her PCA’s. I’ve helped my parents move into (and out of) assisted living, Medicare episodes, skilled nurse visits, home health aids, and PCAs. Sandwiched in all of that, I’ve helped coordinate home care equipment and supplies, physical therapists, occupational therapists, county workers, and medications (oh, the medications). I know emergency departments, children’s hospitals, cancer wards, cardiac floors, and specialty units. I can recite health insurance policies (and call their bluff).
I know a lot of other things in life too, like Shakespeare, where to sit to see a great sunset over a lake, how to keep myself healthy, how to read a profit/loss statement and state statutes, when to use a comma, and that gratitude is one of the keys to success.
So I’m going to have this blog and write about home care from time to time. I’ll include topics like current legislation, professional boundaries in a tricky environment, and being a caregiver. I’ll also post some guest blogs from clients and nurses.
Join me in the conversation.
Recent Posts by Joan Vaughn
Vitamin D and the Immune System
As we head toward another amazing Minnesota sunnier, one of the many things to look forward to is a Vitamin D boost from all the sunshine!
According to the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements, Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin )meaning there is...
DEA Take Back Day April 2022
The next DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day begins on Saturday, April 30, 2022, at 10 am. This event has been happening every six months since 2010, to encourage Americans to safely dispose of unused or expired medication. This collection site locator shows the site nearest you, and you can also check with...
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Unmasking Flights: Masks Are No Longer Required for Public Transportation
As of April 18, 2022, face masks are no longer federally required for air or ground public transportation. Major companies like Alaska Air Lines. Delta Air Lines, Amtrak, and Uber repealed their mask mandates after District Judge Katheryn Kimball Mizelle ruled that this regulation was unconstitutional and overreaching.
While the mask mandate has ended for planes,...
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